Railway rail and tie plate



m ,um a pw H. J. COERPER RAILWAY RAILl AND TIE PLATE me. ze, w25?.

Filed nge 22. 192'?l www well defined and simple pattern in the rails and tie plates, these may be varied in pattern, shape, sizeand depth according to conditions or desire without departing from the spirit of my invention and the plates may be secured to the ties with any desired nun1- ber of spikes.

1. A railway rail having a flanged base and a series of indents over a minor portion Qt the bottom of the flanged base located approximately midway of the length of the rail in comblnation with ties arranged at intervals along and transversely of the rail length, tie-plates betweenthe rail andA ties some of which Contact the indented surface of the rail and have detente.corresponding with and engaging some of the indents ot the rail, and means for securing the rail and plates to the ties. y

2. A railway rail having a flanged base and a series of indents over a minor portion of the bottom of the flanged base located approximately midway ol the length of the rail in combination with ties arranged at intervals along and transversely of the rail length, tie-plates between the rail and ties some of which contact the indentured surface ot' the rail and have de-tents corresponding with and engaging sonne of the indents ofthe rail, spike holes through the plates, and spikes having heads, said spikes.

passing through the holes in the tie-plates and driven into the ties and inipinging the flanged base between the spike head and.

nation with transverse ties arranged at interval-s of the rail length, tie plates between the rail and the ties having spike holes and.

some of which plates contact the corrugations of the rail and have corresponding corrugations engaging with those of the rail.`

midway of the length ot' the rail, :incombiand spikes having body members which are y driven through the holes in the tie plates 'into the ties, and heads which Contact with the flanged base of the rail.

Intestimony whereof I, alliX my signature.

HENRY J. o'oERPER. 

